Art_Tatum-Piano_Starts_Here_Live_At_The_Shrine-(Remastered)-2008-ZENPH

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MP3/FLAC

Group

ZENPH

Size

95,41 MB

Files

26

Date

2008-07-03

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ARTIST     : Art Tatum
TITLE      : Piano Starts Here: Live at the Shrine
LABEL      : Sony BMG
GENRE      : Jazz
BITRATE    : 172 kbps avg
SOURCE     : CD (LP)
PLAYTIME   : 01:17:04
SIZE       : 100.MB
STORE DATE : 2008-00-00


Track List
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1.  Tea For Two (Stereo Surround Version)           3:13
2.  St. Louis Blues (Stereo Surround Version)       2:41
3.  Tiger Rag (Stereo Surround Version)             2:22
4.  Sophisticated Lady (Stereo Surround Version)    3:19
5.  Humoresque (Stereo Surround Version)            3:48
6.  Tatum Pole Boogie (Stereo Surround Version)     2:32
7.  Someone To Watch Over Me (Stereo Surround       3:35
    Version)
8.  How High The Moon (Stereo Surround Version)     2:30
9.  Yesterdays (Stereo Surround Version)            3:28
10. Willow Weep For Me (Stereo Surround Version)    3:17
11. The Kerry Dance (Stereo Surround Version)       1:06
12. Gershwin Medley (Stereo Surround Version)       3:58
13. I Know That You Know  (Stereo Surround          2:45
    Version)
14. Tea For Two (Binaural Stereo Version)           3:14
15. St. Louis Blues (Binaural Stereo Version)       2:41
16. Tiger Rag (Binaural Stereo Version)             2:20
17. Sophisticated Lady (Binaural Stereo Version)    3:20
18. Humoresque (Binaural Stereo Version)            3:47
19. Tatum Pole Boogie (Binaural Stereo Version)     2:32
20. Someone To Watch Over Me (Binaural Stereo       3:35
    Version)
21. How High The Moon (Binaural Stereo Version)     2:29
22. Yesterdays (Binaural Stereo Version)            3:28
23. Willow Weep For Me (Binaural Stereo Version)    3:17
24. The Kerry Dance (Binaural Stereo Version)       1:06
25. Gershwin Medley (Binaural Stereo Version)       3:59
26. I Know That You Know (Binaural Stereo Version)  2:42


The Zenph Studios Project Team sourced the original 78s
cut by Art Tatum in 1933 for the first four tracks of
this CD.  These were the first four commercial sides by
the pianist, who died in 1956.  Tracks 5 thru 13 came
from a live concert presented by Gene Norman in LA in
1949.  That was just when magnetic tape was being
introduced in the U.S. by Ampex; I donÆt know if the
originals were discs or tape.  The point is that the
Zenph processing identifies every parameter of every note
originally recorded and ignores all the noise,
distortion, speed variations and other artifacts in the
primitive recordings. ZenphÆs computer algorithms
replicate exactly what TatumÆs fingers and feet did. It
then outputs the data to control a nine-foot Yamaha
Disklavier Pro Mark III Concert Grand, which then plays
back the Tatum re-performance without any of the annoying
problems.  This playback can then be recorded on DSD in
surround sound, and even using a Neumann KU-100 binaural
head which replicates the spatial information on two
channels for headphone playback.

In the precise work the Zenph team did on the Tatum
originals, it was discovered that the record company got
the speed wrong somewhere during production of the
original 78s, and Tatum actually had played 12 of the 13
tracks even faster than the speed at which they were
issued. His rapid-fire ornamentation up and down the
keyboard sounds just as phenomenal today in the pristine,
cleaned-up sound as it did to audiences in the 1930s.
Co-founder of Zenph, John Q. Walker, says that once they
have gathered enough data about the playing style of a
performer such as Gould or Tatum, they could apply it to
music they had never performed. And future
re-performances may not be limited to pianists - the
technology has already been applied to string bass as the
second instrument to re-perform.

A live recording situation was set up again for the
re-performance.  On tracks 5 thru 13 and their binaural
equivalents of 18 thru 26 you will hear the audience
applause in the Shrine Auditorium in LA after each
astounding selection from the Yamaha Disklavier and its
ghostly pianist. It happens that the original Tatum
selections of all these tracks were recorded live back in
l949 in that same Shrine Auditorium!  Even if you donÆt
own hi-end headphones or even a way to play back the SACD
layer of this disc, donÆt fail to try out the binaural
tracks: 14 thru 26.  You will experience the music as
though you are Tatum himself, sitting on the piano bench.
The bass strings will sound from in front of you on the
left and the treble from in front of you on the right.
ItÆs a really uncanny visceral sense that you are right
there, and you donÆt require the highest-res SACD format
to hear the effect.

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